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Will Catholics come back post-pandemic?

Apr 8, 2021

NCR Connections: As I talk to friends, family and colleagues about what parish life will look like after coronavirus, a consensus is emerging that "they're not coming back" — or at least not in the numbers before the pandemic.

Pope appoints bishop for Duluth, accepts resignation of New York auxiliary

by Catholic News Service

Apr 7, 2021

Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Daniel J. Felton, a priest of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and its vicar general, to head the Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota.

The pope also has accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop John J. O'Hara of New York. He is 75, the age at which canon law requires a bishop to turn in his resignation to the pope.

The changes were announced in Washington March 2 by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio.

This July 18, 2012, file photo shows a student stapling colored paper to the wall of a classroom after summer school at Our Lady of Lourdes in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Grant Hindsley)

LA Archdiocese to close 6 schools due to hardships heightened by pandemic

by Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service

Apr 6, 2021

Six Catholic elementary schools in the Los Angeles Archdiocese are closing at the end of the 2020-21 school year due to financial hardships heightened by COVID-19.

London police halt Good Friday service, say pandemic protocols violated

by Catholic News Service

Apr 5, 2021

Police halted a Good Friday service after a complaint that pandemic regulations were not being met, leading the parish priest to complain that officers had "brutally exceeded their powers."

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Will Catholics come back post-pandemic?

Pope appoints bishop for Duluth, accepts resignation of New York auxiliary

LA Archdiocese to close 6 schools due to hardships heightened by pandemic

London police halt Good Friday service, say pandemic protocols violated

I am a lifelong wheelchair user and I don't feel welcome in the church

Catholic groups, bishops pray for end to anti-Asian hate crimes, violence

In Pakistan, coronavirus challenges nuns serving the disabled

San Jose Diocese voices support of Asian communities after hate crimes

Judge strikes down District of Columbia's limits on houses of worship

Easter church attendance likely to be far behind pre-pandemic levels

Celebrity priest creates financial storm at Long Island parish

Pandemic Mass-going: Parking lot church saves lives, emboldens faith

Pandemic Mass-going: 'Park church' replaces in-person and Zoom Masses, for now

Sister parishes wrestle with long-distance relationships during COVID-19

Poor parishes and dioceses face precarious post-pandemic world

Dallas bishop will convene diocesan synod, a 10-year process

Panel: Social justice is essential to Black Catholics' faith

After two devastating hurricanes, Honduran sisters help communities rebuild

Iraqi sisters hope pope's visit shows the world their country's suffering

Some Catholic parishes in Nigeria ask for money before burying the dead

Indianapolis churches hold solidarity service after Myanmar coup

Some parish fish fries switch gears to go curbside this Lent

With new grant, Chicago's Tolton Spirituality Center hosts first event series

Chicago Archdiocese takes 'religious liberty' too far in Demkovich case

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